The dynamics of agri-food trade between the EU28 and East African Community (EAC)

Abstract

The increasing number of regional blocs and interdependence of nations have become important aspects of global economic integration. The European Union (EU28) as one of the most advanced regional bodies has had preferential trade agreements with other regional bodies, such as the East African Community (EAC). Historically, the EU28 has been the EAC’s leading trading partner. Against this background, this paper analyses the dynamics of bilateral trade in agri-food between the two regional blocs for the period 2000–2018, using the battery of empirical tools.

Keywords

• agri-food
• comparative advantage
• competitiveness
• eac
• eu28
• lfi